| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S58096/01 |
| Title: |
Capillary driven imbibition into pores of precisely controlled geometry |
| Principal Investigator: |
Wakeman, Professor R |
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Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Loughborough University |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2004 |
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30 April 2007 |
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187,113
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Oil is obtained from fractured reservoirs by brine imbibing into the pore space of the rock and displacing the oil For this to happen the oil has to flow countercurrent to the brine and this behaviour is not properly understood. Mechanical models using rods will be used to create interconnecting channels behind a glass plate and the capillary behaviour of liquids displacing air will be studied. It should be possible to fit some of the experimental results using known theories.
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http://www.lboro.ac.uk |